October Highlights (2020)

 Hey guys,

Welcome back to my blog, or welcome if you're new around here!

Today, as mentioned in my last post, I'm going to be sharing my October highlights with you guys,

If you're new to these posts my highlights are basically the best moments from the previous month, I've been doing these since 2018 now I think and I honestly love writing them so much!

Okay then, let's get into it shall we?

1st

On the 1st I posted my September highlights post, which was the last post I put up before putting my blog on private to work on the re-launch

I also filmed a video on the 1st, I filmed the YouTube show and tell tag that Zoe created but more on that later on the day it was uploaded

And then finally for the 1st I ordered the Glossybox October box (my first ever Glossybox)

I mainly ordered it so I could get the advent calendar at the cheaper price hahaha

2nd

On the 2nd my French Click order I had made a few weeks before arrived and I filmed a French click haul and trying some French foods video

The 2nd was also the day my blog went on private for me to start redesigning and changing a few things (which then turned into changing pretty much everything haha)

3rd

I spent most of my day on the 3rd working on my blog, changing the design and colour scheme etc

It took me ages to find a new background image, until I found unsplash, a website that offer free images (that's where my background image is from, you can find out more about that in my about my blog page)

4th

On the 4th I edited half of my YouTube show and tell tag video

5th

On the 5th I ordered my Glossybox advent calendar

6th

I baked some funfetti cupcakes on the 6th and I also baked some basic biscuits too

Unfortunately I didn't get a photo haha

8th

My Glossybox October box arrived on the 8th

For my first ever Glossybox I was very impressed with the products in here!

9th

On the 9th I filmed a Glossybox unboxing video

10th

I finished editing the YouTube show and tell tag I'd filmed earlier this month on the 10th

I also uploaded it and made a thumbnail (you can find it here if you haven't seen it yet)

13th

On the 13th I went to Tesco with my Mum and got some ingredients to make an M&M cookie bar and some cupcakes, and I also got birthday presents for my younger sister's birthday in a couple of days

I also went to Wilko and got a new concealer and looked at hair dye (yep, we've reached that point in 2020 where I'm considering home hair dye for the first time haha)

Later in the day I then made the M&M cookie bar I planned to make

Here's how it turned out

14th

On the 14th I made cupcakes, I made 6 chocolate ones with chocolate buttercream, 5 vanilla with vanilla buttercream and I attempted to marble one which didn't go that great but it didn't look bad haha

Here's how those turned out

I also started editing my Glossybox video

15th

The 15th was my younger sister's birthday

I also created an autumn inspired makeup look on the 15th

I had tried this look before but changed it a fair bit this time

Later we ordered Pizza Hut for tea for my sister's birthday

I just got a basic margherita pizza haha

16th

My Glossybox advent calendar arrived on the 16th, it's so pretty!

17th

On the 17th my Nana came to our house (she's a single adult household so we're her 'bubble') and we did a small buffet for my sister's birthday a couple of days ago

19th

On the 19th I watched a church sermon I'd not got around to watching the day before and took notes for the first time, this really helped me take in what was being said more I feel like

20th

I finished editing my Glossybox video on the 20th so I exported and uploaded it (you can find it here if you're interested and haven't seen it yet)

21st

On the 21st I made cake pops for the first time, honestly I thought they were gonna go wrong but they actually went okay

I didn't get around to dipping the cake pops in chocolate but I did dip the sticks in chocolate and put those in and then put them in the fridge to set

22nd

I dipped the cake pops in chocolate on the 22nd, I did 5 in white chocolate, 4 in milk chocolate and 3 in icing and then dipped them in sprinkles too

23rd

On the 23rd I made cheese and tomato pasta bake for the first time (with my Mum haha)

I made a recipe that served 6 so that I could freeze some and eat it whenever haha, there were actually 2 more oven dishes full of it

25th

On the 25th I enrolled on a free dance skills course on OpenLearn (run by the Open University) and decided I would start working on it the week after (you don't get a qualification from OpenLearn courses as they are free but you get a statement on participation, which I figured still looks good on the CV haha, plus I was getting bored at home mostly and wanted to learn something)

26th

I started the dance skills course on the 26th and made it 55% of the way through already! (it's only a 12 hour length course) and I made it to my first activity they give you to do

I also ordered Costa on Uber Eats as I was craving their mac and cheese haha

I got mac and cheese, some crisps and a ham and cheese toastie (as well as a hot chocolate and orange juice)

Finally on the 26th I watched church from the day before and it was communion, I really loved it, it was so much fun!

27th

On the 27th I pretty much just worked on my blog all day haha

I removed my contact and social media page I had up before, I added my social media links to the side bar, I changed my featured post, started re-categorising my posts and tried to sort my categories section (there were a few issues before it looked how it does now haha)

28th

I pretty much just did all blog stuff again on the 28th too

I finished re-labelling all of my posts to fit my new categories, found a solution for the previous category issue and I changed my popular posts sidebar so that it shows my all time most popular and not just for a certain time period

29th

On the 29th I started my first activity from the free dance skills course, it's basically to write the similarities and differences between my usual warm up and what they recommend and then create a warm up routine based off of what I've learnt so far

31st

On the 31st I spent pretty much the whole day making a gallery page for my blog ready for it relaunching on the 1st of November

I also played the halloween event on Animal Crossing which was really fun

Okay, so those are all of my highlights from October,

I hope you guys enjoyed this post, be sure to follow my blog if you did as I do these every month (options are in the side bar)

Be sure to let me know in the comments what one of your highlights from October was

Thank you guys so much for reading and I'll see you next week for another blog post,

Hanna x